1. Chapter Four
The Empire Under Strain
King George III

2. The Albany Plan of Union

3. The French and Indian War

4. Effects of the War
• --Gave unchallenged supremacy in North
America
• --dominant naval power in the world
• --American colonies no longer face the threat
of attacks from the French, the Spanish or
Indian allies

5. The British View
• Low opinion of colonial military effort—poorly
trained, disorderly rabble—refusing to
contribute money or troops to the war effort.

6. The Colonial View
• Proud of their military performance
• Confident of their own defense
• Not impressed with the British effort—badly
suited for American terrain
• Still very proud to be British

7. 2 Big Problems for the King
• A huge area to maintain
• A huge war debt
• The End of Salutary Neglect

8. Proclamation of 1763
• To deal with the problem of maintaining a
large empire and stabilizing the western
frontier and prevent hostilities between
colonists and Native American.
• Colonists reaction: anger and defiance

9. • The Proclamation was a first in a series of
actions and reactions—
• British: each act justified as proper method of
protection and sharing the cost of burden
• Colonists: each act threatened their liberties
and long established practice of
representative government

10. New Revenues and Regulations
• Sugar Act: placed duties on foreign sugar,
lower price of molasses, stricter enforcement
of the Navigation act and established vice
admiralty courts.
• Quartering Act: required the colonists to
provide food and living quarters for British
soldiers

11. • The Stamp Act—required revenue stamps on
most printed paper—legal documents,
newspapers, pamphlets etc-- antagonized and
unified the colonist the most.
• Why? Not a tax on trade for commerce sake—
it was a tax to raise money without the
consent of the colonial assemblies. First direct
tax.

12. • Patrick Henry
• The Stamp Act Congress
• Sons and Daughters of Liberty
• Boycotts
• Repealed having never collected one cent